JANUARY 2, 2023
On Monday, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on a bunch of petitions that challenged the validity of the Modi government's November 2016 decision to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. The top court upheld the government's decision and dismissed the petitions.
Most petitions challenged the validity of the shock move...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Indian authorities have clarified that international travelers arriving in India from six high-risk countries - China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore - will have to upload a negative RT-PCR test report 72 hours before boarding their flights, even if their flights are only passing through these nations. This has come at a time when...
JANUARY 2, 2023
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Some exercises can leave you wondering why on earth you put yourself through them (I’m looking at you, squats of all kinds), and some leave you with a profound sense of achievement. The dumbbell fly is definitely in the second category.
The dumbbell fly is a popular exercise in gyms. It’s a great move for...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Adults who aren't sufficiently hydrated may age faster, face a higher risk of chronic diseases and be more likely to die younger than those who stay well-hydrated, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.
The results, published Monday, are based on data collected over 25 years from more than 11,000 adults in the U.S....
JANUARY 2, 2023
This year is going to be tougher on the global economy than 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
“Why? Because the three big economies, US, EU, China, are all slowing down simultaneously,” she said in an interview that on the CBS Sunday morning news program “Face the Nation.”
“We expect one third of the...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Workers who stay put in their jobs are getting their heftiest pay raises in decades, a factor putting pressure on inflation.
Wages for workers who stayed at their jobs were up 5.5% in November from a year earlier, averaged over 12 months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That was up from 3.7% annual growth in...
JANUARY 2, 2023
A pedestrian walks on Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. The rebound in U.S. stocks lost steam as investors assessed the latest batch of corporate earnings and simmering geopolitical tensions ahead of the weekend.
Scion Asset Management founder Michael Burry said while inflation has peaked, it...
JANUARY 1, 2023
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It’s understandable that people might feel tentative about charging boldly into the new year. After all, the 2020s haven’t offered a surplus of cheer so far. And blind optimism isn’t exactly doing the trick when it comes to...
JANUARY 1, 2023
Craig Hamilton-Parker has made some unsettling predictions for 2023 (Picture: Craig-Hamilton Parker)
A psychic has warned of ‘difficult times ahead’ in 2023, predicting global food shortages, a revolution in China and a tragic accident within the royal family.
Craig Hamilton-Parker, dubbed the ‘new Nostradamus’, says he can see into the future and works with his wife Jane as spiritual...
JANUARY 1, 2023
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN — In a spiritual will written in 2006 and released by the Vatican on Saturday (Dec. 31), Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI thanked his family and friends, but chiefly God, for standing by him during his long life and career in the church.
Benedict, known for his theological efforts to reconcile faith and reason, offered his...
